Sunday, December 30, 2012

Viel Schwein (Glueck) muss man haben: Ein Besuch im Stuttgarter SchweinemuseumSusanne Nielsen and colleague and friend Renate Schauer visited a museum dedicated to one of Germany's good luck charms: the pig. Next to the chimney sweep and four leaf clover, the big mostly pink lucky pig shares it's reputation to make people smile and have a great new year. Join Susanne and Renate Schauer for a fun visit of this museum located in an old butchery in Stuttgart in southern Germany. Wishing you good luck or "much pig" we hope you have a great new year 2013! Einen guten Rutsch! (from rosch = luck, not rutschen=to slip)

Susanne Nielsen vor dem Schweinemuseum in Stuttgart

In today’s show Susanne Nielsen visits a museum in Stuttgart that houses many collections of a German good luck charm, the pig!

While the old butchery is filled ceiling to floor with many collectable piggies, sounds and sights , posters and signs, statues and much much more, stuffed boars and giant sculptures at the front of the historic building, there is also a wonderful beer garden in the back where guests order and eat many pork dishes happily! Susanne Nielsen and colleague Renate Schauer spent time exploring the museum and the food! Bon Appetit and GOOD LUCK for the year 2013! Don’t forget to touch a chimney sweep and find a four leaf clover, all charms for a great new year.

Producer Bill Davidson wishes you: Ein frohes neues Jahr!

Schweinemuseum-Pig Museum brochure, English and German pigs are international, so is pork on the menu.

Eat , drink, dance and "schunkel"! Every Saturday night the German American Society rolls back the clock to a by-gone era. You'll delight to the music of a live band. Listen , sing along, and dance to favorite German and American tunes of the last century.

Doors open at 6 pm for dinner, snacks or just coffee and Kuchen. Dancing starts at 7:30 pm. There's a plentyful supply of German Beers, Wines and Schnaps at the full service bar.Join the fun with great music, German food and drink at an authentic German Dance hall. Come for German heritage, memories, Gemuetlichkeit and friendship.Dirndls and Lederhosen are always encouraged.Located at 8098 66th street in Pinellas Park, north of Park Boulevard and just South of 82nd Avenue. For information google German American Society of Pinellas County.

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- In 1571, we see the birth of astronomer Johannes
Keppler. He rejected the idea that the stars and planets influenced human
lives, and developed the idea that planets revolved around the sun.
During the witch hunt of 1620, he was able to use his influence to save
his mother, who was accused of witchcraft, from torture and death.

- In 1868, we see the birth of Emanuel Lasker.
He was the world chess champion for 1894 to 1920.

- In 1889, we see the birth of F.W. Murnau in
Bielefeld, Germany. He was one of the giants of early German film making.

- In 1929, we see the death of Wilhelm Mabach, chief
designer of the first Mercedes automobile.

- In 1946, Albert Einstein presents his theory of
gravitation.

- And in 1985, a terrorist attack in
Vienna's airport kills three and injurs thirty at the EL-AL counter.This segment is sponsored by DnDMusic in New Port Richey, Florida________________________________________________________________

The
Florida Orchestra opens the new year with everything from boogie-woogie swing
dancing music, to hits from Michael Jackson.

January
3: Symphonic Shakespeare – Coffee Concert Series

Stuart
Malina conducts this morning concert that features Beethoven's Coriolan
Overture, Mendelssohn's Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Nicolai's Merry
Wives of Windsor, among other works. Complimentary coffee and doughnuts
will be served. There will be a Pre-concert Conversation one hour before the
concert.

The
concert opens with Wagner’s dramatic and stormy Overture to The Flying
Dutchman followed by Orion Weiss performing Mozart's Piano Concerto No.
27;and the evening concludes with Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 3,
Scottish. Guest Conductor is Cristian Macelaru. All evening Masterworks
programs offer a pre-concert talk about the music and composers, in the concert
hall beginning one hour prior to curtain.

Crowned
the winner of E! Network's reality TV series The Entertainer, singer
James Delisco revisits 40 years of Michael Jackson’s amazing career covering
such hits as ABC, I'll Be There, Beat It, Thriller,
Got To Be There, Rock With You, The Way You Make Me Feel
and many more...all with a sizzling rock-pop band and The Florida Orchestra.
Guest Conductor is Brent Havens.

January
25, 26 and 27: Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet – Tampa Bay Times Masterworks
Series

The
orchestra will perform Tchaikovsky’s sumptuous music inspired by Shakespeare’s
plays Hamlet: Fantasy-Overture after Shakespeare; The Tempest:
Fantasy-Overture; and Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy. In
collaboration with American Stage Theatre Company, actors will present a brief
scene from each play as a prelude to the music. Guest Conductor is Andrew
Grams. All evening Masterworks programs offer a pre-concert talk about the
music and composers, in the concert hall beginning one hour prior to curtain.

Performing nearly 100 concerts annually in the tri-city area of Tampa, Clearwater, and St. Petersburg, The Florida Orchestra is recognized as Tampa Bay's leading performing arts institution, one of the leading professional symphony orchestras in Florida, and one of the most vibrant orchestras in the United States. With live performances including the Tampa Bay Times Masterworks, Raymond James Pops, Coffee Concerts, Progress Energy Florida Morning Masterworks, new Rock Concert series, as well as Youth Concerts and Free Pops in the Park Concerts, The Florida Orchestra offers a vast scope of concerts each year. The mission of The Florida Orchestra is to enrich the life of the Tampa Bay area as it inspires, entertains and educates a wide and diverse audience with the unique experience of live symphonic music, ensuring that future generations will continue to enjoy this legacy that so magnificently celebrates the

Saturday, December 22, 2012

In today’s show Susanne Nielsen brings you stories and memories of Christmases past, poems of the season and reads the story of Jesus' birth as told in the Gospel of Luke. We wish you a blessed Christmas holiday along with our sponsors. We hope to see you at events we post in our blog and tell you about in the audio segment of the show. Our very best wishes where ever you may be listening to us. Please write to us with ideas and comments on the show that has been coming to you via the internet for over a year now and on the air since 1965. A German Christmas service will be at Grace Lutheran church in Clearwater, Florida on North Highland Avenue this Sunday at 3:00 pm.

Eat , drink, dance and "schunkel"! Every Saturday night the German American Society rolls back the clock to a by-gone era. You'll delight to the music of a live band. Listen , sing along, and dance to favorite German and American tunes of the last century.

Doors open at 6 pm for dinner, snacks or just coffee and Kuchen. Dancing starts at 7:30 pm. There's a plentyful supply of German Beers, Wines and Schnaps at the full service bar.Join the fun with great music, German food and drink at an authentic German Dance hall. Come for German heritage, memories, Gemuetlichkeit and friendship.Dirndls and Lederhosen are always encouraged.Located at 8098 66th street in Pinellas Park, north of Park Boulevard and just South of 82nd Avenue. For information google German American Society of Pinellas County.

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off exchange fees when you tell them the German Radio Show sent you !

Currency Exchange international buys and sells over 80 currencies,issue &
cash foreign drafts and travelers checks for several countries. No minimum or
maximum amount. FCE also specializes in bank to bank international wires,just
cents above international rate!

It is our mission, say
Lee and his team to provide the best exchange possible. If you can find a
better rate that day within 100 miles bring it to them and they will adjust
their rate to beat it.

Most currencies are in
inventory, no wait. Exchange in minutes with proper ID. Locations are Westshore
Mall in Tampa, Westfield Mall at Countryside, and Southgate Mall in Sarasota.

Join members of the Cultural Center for this concert: December 23 at Ruth Eckerd Hall, see you at intermission in the lobby where the coffee is!

December 21, 22 and 23: Holiday Pops – Raymond James Pops Series

The 150 voices of The Master Chorale and vocalist Hilary Kole join the orchestra in this holiday celebration for the entire family with such musical chestnuts asJingle Bells, Winter Wonderland, Sleigh Ride, Hanukkah in Santa Monica and beloved Christmas carols such as Joy to the World, The Twelve Days of Christmas, O Come, All Ye Faithful and more. Conductor is Stuart Malina. Concertgoers are invited to bring canned food donations for Tampa Bay Harvest for its food bank services to help others this holiday season.

Performing nearly 100 concerts annually in the tri-city area of Tampa, Clearwater, and St. Petersburg, The Florida Orchestra is recognized as Tampa Bay's leading performing arts institution, one of the leading professional symphony orchestras in Florida, and one of the most vibrant orchestras in the United States. With live performances including the Tampa Bay Times Masterworks, Raymond James Pops, Coffee Concerts, Progress Energy Florida Morning Masterworks, new Rock Concert series, as well as Youth Concerts and Free Pops in the Park Concerts, The Florida Orchestra offers a vast scope of concerts each year. The mission of The Florida Orchestra is to enrich the life of the Tampa Bay area as it inspires, entertains and educates a wide and diverse audience with the unique experience of live symphonic music, ensuring that future generations will continue to enjoy this legacy that so magnificently celebrates the

human spirit.

The production team and volunteers of the German Radio Show wish you a very Merry Christmas and a happy New Year 2013. We would love to hear from you and see you soon at one of the many German events , at German businesses and clubs, wishing you a wonderful holiday, Christmas eve and Christmas Day, Susanne Nielsen and your’s, German radio show producer Bill Davidson